Are you among the many who think that the expansion of O'Hare International Airport as pushed by Chicago will solve its delay and capacity problems? Think again. It won't solve those problems, but it will make it a more dangerous place, and it will provide billions of dollars to contractors, consultants and other Mayor Richard M. Daley insiders

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who maintains this blog, is a former transportation writer for the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News, and former consultant for O'Hare neighbors who believe there is a better way to unsnarl O'Hare. Opponents of O'Hare expansion are in no way associated with this blog.

O'Hare Airport Expansion Plan

Six parallel runways and two crossing runways, plus several dozen intersections of active runways and taxiways creates one of the most hazardous conditions for airplane passengers: On-ground collisions.